(CNN) The ocean once offered a comfortable life for the fishing community of Joal, in the Senegalese capital Dakar. “Ten years ago a fisherman could support a big family,” says Ahmed Diame, a Greenpeace ocean campaigner based in the region. “Now they...

Guinea already took a step and banned all international fishing activities in its waters days after the overseas development institute released a report indicating the West African states, plagued by illegal fishing could create more jobs and generate billions of...